Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 24, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. The Next Talk of Richard Stallman (Father of GN/Linux and the GPL) Advertised in the Media 3 Days in Advance

   He spoke in Italy earlier this year and also did some interviews

2. The Microsofter Who Kept Sending Threatening Post and E-mail to My Wife Has Been Joking He'd Work on Code for "Sexual Favours"

   For one thing, for software professionals (like for landlords), this is outright illegal and you'd get arrested for it, and moreover it's no joking matter because there are many real victims of such sexual exploitation

   New

3. Simpler is Better

   Gemini Protocol turns 6 in exactly 4 weeks

4. Slopwatch: Brian Fagioli, Brittany Day, and Other Plagiarists Who Rip Off Real Writers and Target Themes Around "Linux"

   Fagioli also prompted chatbots for some words diarrhoea

5. Growing Recognition Out There That Courts Must Abandon Microsoft or Have No Perception of Authority, Autonomy, Independence, Fairness, and More

   Imagine making a complaint about Microsoft to an agency that uses Microsoft

6. Links 23/05/2025: Microsoft Openwashing at ZDNet, Signal Does It Wrong (DRM, Back Doors Still Intact)

   Links for the day

7. Gemini Links 23/05/2025: Clutter in Modern Interfaces and Dealing With DRM-Free Music

   Links for the day

8. Links 23/05/2025: Tax Audits of Hong Kong's Independent as ‘Intimidation Tactics,’ Why "Regulating X Isn’t Censorship"

   Links for the day

9. TecAdmin Took a Break From Linux to Push SPAM

   This happened hours ago, and it seems to have been posted directly by the site's "Admin" (Rahul)

10. Links 23/05/2025: Violent Attacks on the Press, VMware Price Hikes, Vista 11 Considered Unsuitable for Any Confidentiality

    Links for the day

11. Gemini Links 23/05/2025: Balkan Tourism, UK Polls, Reticulum and Meshtastic

    Links for the day

12. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

13. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, May 22, 2025

    IRC logs for Thursday, May 22, 2025

14. Back to Basics, Folks, "AI" (Plagiarism) is Symptom of a Dying Industry Looking for Whatever Prey It Can Devour

    lousy/sloppy imitations

15. Liam Proven's Thoughts on "AI" Being a Scam No Different From Religions, Alternative Medicine, and More

    "Is there anywhere outside of retrocomputing that doesn't have AI in it?"

16. Many IBM Layoffs, Centred Around Expert Labs US in Atlanta (Offer of "Relocation" Where No Such Option Exists)

    So Techrights was assessing comments/gossip online and it was right about the Thursday cull

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